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Surgical excision, Mohs micrographic surgery, external‐beam radiotherapy, or brachytherapy for indolent skin cancer: An international meta‐analysis of 58 studies with 21,000 patients

Cancer, 2019
The objective of this study was to compare the cosmesis and recurrence rates of conventional excision (CE), Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), external‐beam radiation therapy (EBRT), or brachytherapy (BT), for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell ...
Charles T. Lee, E. Lehrer, A. Aphale, M. Lango, T. Galloway, Nicholas G Zaorsky   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Choroidal melanoma patient views on the importance of treatment characteristics and outcomes, and physicians' information provision in the Netherlands

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To identify the treatment characteristics and outcomes that Dutch patients with large or juxtapapillary choroidal melanoma consider important when choosing between enucleation and proton beam therapy (PBT). We further determined to what extent these treatment characteristics and outcomes are discussed with newly diagnosed choroidal ...
Aryana Shirzada, Arwen H. Pieterse, Lisa Vlug, Gré P. M. Luyten, T. H. Khanh Vu, Jaco C. Bleeker, Pauline A. Bakker, Marina Marinkovic, Coen R. N. Rasch, Nanda Horeweg, M. Elske van den Akker‐Van Marle   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a role for an external beam boost in cervical cancer radiotherapy?

Frontiers in Oncology, 2013
Objectives: Some patients are medically unfit for or averse to undergoing a brachytherapy boost as part of cervical cancer radiotherapy. In order to be able to definitively treat these patients, we assessed whether we could achieve a boost plan that ...
Rajni A. Sethi, Gabor eJozsef, David eGrew, Ariel eMarciscano, Ryan ePennell, Melissa eBabcock, Allison eMcCarthy, John eCurtin, Peter B. Schiff   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peripheral vascular brachytherapy [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2002
Ongoing advances in peripheral endovascular technology have been met with disappointing results because of restenosis within the treated vessel. In particular, stent balloon angioplasty of peripheral vessels has yet to achieve patency rates that approximate conventional treatment in the long term.
Anton N. Sidawy, Jonathan M. Weiswasser, Ron Waksman   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Prognosis and determinants of survival after orbital exenteration for conjunctival melanoma: Experiences from a Dutch Referral Centre

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To assess the prognosis and determinants of survival after orbital exenteration in patients with conjunctival melanoma (CoM). Methods In a retrospective study, 27 consecutive patients who underwent exenteration for CoM from 2001 to 2023 were included.
David Chetroiu, Niels J. Brouwer, Marina Marinkovic, Gregorius P. M. Luyten, Jaco C. Bleeker, Robert M. Verdijk, T. H. Khanh Vu, Stijn W. van der Meeren   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of brachytherapy clinical trials: a cross-sectional analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov

Radiation Oncology
Introduction Characterizing the landscape of clinical trials including brachytherapy can provide an overview of the current status and research trends which may guide further areas of investigation.
David Chen, Rod Parsa, Kabir Chauhan, Jelena Lukovic, Kathy Han, Amandeep Taggar, Srinivas Raman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐term outcome of Coats' disease: Implications for the classification of foveal vascular pathologies

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To investigate the long‐term outcome in patients with Coats' disease regarding initial stages. Methods Within a retrospective, clinical, single centre study, patients with diagnosed Coats' disease treated from 1992 to 2019 (minimum follow‐up of 12 months) were investigated. A total of, 75 out of 123 patients met the inclusion criteria.
Claudia Brockmann, Bert Müller, Shideh Schönfeld, Sibylle Winterhalter, Oliver Zeitz, Antonia M. Joussen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Re‐salvage focal low‐dose rate brachytherapy for local recurrence of prostate cancer after salvage focal low‐dose rate brachytherapy

IJU Case Reports
Introduction Salvage brachytherapy represents an effective treatment for local recurrence of prostate cancer after prior external beam radiotherapy. However, the optimal therapeutic strategies for local recurrence after salvage brachytherapy have not yet
Takahiro Nakamoto, Takashi Yoshida, Toshiko Shiga, Makoto Taguchi, Takao Mishima, Shigenari Kawakita, Takashi Murota, Hidefumi Kinoshita   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brachytherapy for cervical cancer: from intracavitary to interstitial technique

Frontiers in Oncology
Cervical cancer is a common malignant tumor of female reproductive system. Radiation therapy is one of the main methods of cervical cancer treatment, of which brachytherapy is an essential and important part of radiation therapy for locally advanced ...
Xiaojing Yang, Hanru Ren, Zhen Li, Jie Fu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experiences of two different modalities in the management of choroidal melanoma in the Asian Indian population

South Asian Journal of Cancer, 2017
Background: Choroidal malignant melanoma is a rare intraocular cancer in Asian Indian population. There is a paucity of data from our population comparing iodine 125 (I-125) brachytherapy and enucleation.
Prajna Meeralakshmi, Parag K Shah, Venkatapathy Narendran   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source